This beautifully illustrated guide covers 220 dive sites in 19 countries with chapters on Australia and the Pacific, Mexico and Honduras, Egypt, East Africa and the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Micronesia. The book includes a planning guide, practical tips and listing of dive centers, hotels, restaurants and live-aboards.

Written by leading diving authorities, Abbeville’s Dive Guide series combines full-color underwater photography with outstanding practical information and diving advice. Includes a visual dictionary of fish common to the area.

With contributions by local experts, this oversized guide -- equipped with superb maps and hundreds of photographs -- highlights coral reefs and dive sites world wide. Edited and with spectacular underwater photography by Jack Jackson.

A diverse anthology on the experience, pleasures and peril of diving by great writers, including Diane Ackerman and William Beebe. A thoughtful collection that communicates the rewards of being underwater.

A series of intimate, interconnected essays, this latest by the adventurous, amphibious Julia Whitty (The Fragile Edge, The Queen of Tonga) finds her among the seabirds at Isla Rasa in the Sea of Cortez, sailing Newfoundland's Grand Banks, cruising to Bermuda on an oceanographic research vessel and among the sperm whales in Galapagos, but her real interest, marvelously explained, are the great currents that connect the world's oceans.

Barnacle, the rock weeds, mussels, starfish, snails and crabs, Rachel Carson animates the splendid creatures of the intertidal, covering the Atlantic Coast of the United States from Maine to the Florida keys.

A handy pocket guide to more than 270 common species of including fish, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates of the Indo-Pacific region. The featured fauna can be found at nearly all of the world's coral reefs.

Written by leading diving authorities, Abbeville’s Dive Guide series combines full-color underwater photography with outstanding practical information and diving advice. Includes a visual dictionary of reef inhabitants.

An excellent illustrated account of marine biologist Pete Klimley and his work with sharks. The author accompanied a team (including IMAX photographers) to Cocos Island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, famous for its schooling hammerheads.

Spirited author Pamela Turner (The Frog Scientist, Gorilla Doctors) follows the Project Seahorse founders in the Philippines as they protect seahorses and the livelihood of local fishing families. Designed for ages 9-11, this is the third of Turner’s beautifully photographed titles in the Scientists in the Field series.

A young girl finds a library book that transports her to the magical coral reef. Award-winning illustrator Chin brings the fascinating underwater world to life through bold, colorful drawings and informative text.

A grand tour of our blue planet, divided geographically, this book is an excellent resource -- fascinating to read and full of hope. It combines a personal journey, hundreds of interviews with fisherman and scientists around the world, and a tour of important watery habitats.

An expert explores compelling questions about the nudibranch alongside luminous photographs in this academic guide. With numerous scientific publications on nudibranchs to his credit, marine biologist Behrens has discovered and named multiple new species of the soft-bodied mollusk.

A biology lecturer at the University of Warwick, Sheppard gives readers a formal introduction to coral reefs, how they’re formed, where they’re found and how they have evolved. He delves into how the massive and mysterious structures have towered to the surface, befuddling naturalists and worrying seafarers for centuries.